Lithodes nintokuae, previously known from five specimens from
the Emperor Seamount Chain, northwest ofMidway Islands, is redescribed from
abundant material taken at a series of localities along the Midway/Hawaiian
Islands ...

This paper gives a monographic treatment, based on morphology,
of Pleomele (Liliaceae) in the Hawaiian Islands. It recognizes as island
endemics three species on Hawaii, two on Oahu, and one each on Kauai,
Molokai, Maui, ...

A new species of the scleractinian coral genus Montastrea de
Blainville, 1830 was discovered in the Philippines and has been given the name
Montastrea multipunctata. This species may have been previously overlooked
due ...

Attention is first drawn to the state of knowledge in 1981 of the
Hawaiian Metrosideros polymorpha ('ohi'a) stand dieback. New findings that
have largely been developed or published since then are described; these ...

Nineteen polychaete species belonging to five families, and representatives
of two others not identified to species, are recorded from Viti Levu,
Fiji. Most of the calcareous tubeworms (Serpulidae, Spirorbidae) were ...

Fifty soil samples from the wet, windward (east) side and dry,
leeward (west) side of the Island of Hawaii were analyzed for La, Ce, Sm, Eu, Yb,
and Lu by neutron activation/gamma-ray spectroscopic analysis. Data on ...

Terrestrial plants on Nihoa Island were censused, mapped, and
collected during four expeditions to the island between May 1980 and May 1983.
Distribution, abundance, and phenology of the vascular plants are reported,
including ...

The food habits of several forest birds and their potential role
in the dispersal of firetree (Myrica faya) were studied in two areas of Hawaii
Volcanoes National Park. Observations were made during peak firetree ...

Twelve species of comatulid crinoids in three families were found
to inhabit reefs at Kwajalein Atoll during surveys conducted both day and night
by divers using scuba gear. Eleven of the species represent new records ...

Dubautia reticulata grows in a mesic forest habitat in Hawaii and
has 13 pairs of chromosomes: The tissue elastic properties of this species are
intermediate relative to those of the dry scrub , 13-paired D. menziesii ...

Thirty Aridisol soil samples of the Kawaihae soil series on the
dry, leeward, northwestern side of the island of Hawaii and 13 Histosol samples
of the Papai series on the wet, windward, eastern side of the island were ...

Two new species of deep-sea cardinalfish are described from
specimens that were collected in Hawaiian waters. Epigonus glossodontus and
E. devaneyi have fewer lateral-line scales than all known congeners except
E. ...

During the past two decades in Hawaii, more than 500 injection
wells for the disposal of domestic sewage wastewater have been constructed and
operated. Thus far, contamination of potable groundwater supplies has not ...

Rarotonga is the largest (64 km2
) and by far the highest (652 m)
of the Cook Islands. The native coastal and lowland vegetation of this high
volcanic, tropical island has been either completely removed or heavily ...